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The Irish Architecture Foundation (IAF) is Ireland’s organisation for the advancement of the culture and communication of architecture. https://iaf.ie/

Reel made of animated graphics. Photos of students and architects participating in 2026 are overlaid with filters in pink, orange, blue, green, yellow and purple. The photos move around as words come and go, saying: "Architects in Schools. Architects Open Call. Deadline 31 July 2026 at 6pm"
Photo of the outer curve of the circular, timber Assembly installation. It is inside a large room with a stone wall with large windows on the left. Sunlight through the windows casts rectangular patterns on the floor and a fan pattern on the back wall, over the door where visitors are entering.
Dublin skyline dominated by Liberty Hall rising over the roofs against a grey sky. The roofs of VHI and Irish Life are in the foreground, with the dome of the Four Courts and the Poolbeg Towers in the background.
A tour group in a paved city square, surrounded by red brick and concrete buildings. There is also a tree in the square. It is a cloudy day.
A young boy wearing an orange raincoat poses with a model of the bright yellow Bog Bothy structure on his head, with a mossy fringe hanging down. He is looking up at the camera and smiling while holding the "hat" on by its two strings, one in each hand.
Looking up at the roofline of a green-clad building whose walls open out like vents, a flock of seagulls are taking flight from the roof against a moody grey sky.
A large group of people sit on wide marble steps and hold up yellow posters saying FIX IT!
A group of people gathered in front of the pillars of the GPO in Dublin. Some are wearing Open House Dublin volunteer jerseys.
In a bog landscape, with a pile of brush in the foreground and trees in the background, people are gathered and playing games in front of a bright yellow structure.
Animated graphic of white triangles representing evergreen trees on a pale blue background. Black text says Peace on Earth / Síocháin ar Domhan
Left to right: Dean Black, Luke Casserly, Bernie Henry, David Jameson, Evelyn D'Arcy. They are seated in front of an audience, whose heads are in the foreground. They are smiling and laughing. Behind them is a glass wall and a black wall with the IAF logo in white and a flat screen.
Photo of stacks of the white and red strategy document on a white table.
Over the shoulder shot of a young woman (left) and a young man (right) looking at a display of writings and drawings on paper, mounted on a black wall.
2 photos animated to flip from one to the next. The first is a profile photo of Léopold Lambert. The second is an intimidating-looking building with a watch tower in the foreground corner. White text overlaid: Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea / Léopold Lambert in conversation with Sara Greavu / Talk
A young woman looking at a large-scale photo of O'Connell street on a bright yellow wall and the explanatory text for HouseEurope!
Video made of a series of photos of O'Connell Street, Dublin, with white text overlaid that says, "Irish Architecture Foundation / Open House Dublin / 11-19 October 2025 / Future Heritage". At the end are white on black logos of the festival funders and sponsors.
Portrait photo of Parag Joglekar, wearing a shirt and open brown jacket, standing in front of a building with three windows and dark frames. White text along top: Parag Joglekar. White text along bottom: New IAF Chair.
Black and white profile photo
Interior shot along a wall of windows with well worn Georgian shutters and deep window ledges that form a worktable, painted green. Overlaid with animated white text: New Life, Old Buildings / Limerick Sep 11 & 18 / Online Oct 23 & 24 / Logos: Irish Architecture Foundation, National Built Heritage Service, Arts Council: Funding Architecture, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Heritage Council
White on blue: Irish Architecture Foundation / Open House Dublin / Festival of Architecture / 11-19 October
Photo of the Bothy from an angle, with a moody purple-brown filter and neon green interior and detailing added. White text overlaid: Bog Bothy / A New Peatlands Architecture / Girley Bog, Co Meath / 16th-17th August
Black on white: IAF Architects in Schools / Open Call 2025-26 / Closing date for Architects Wednesday 14 August 2025 / Further information on www.architecturefoundation.ie
A man and woman in dark coats lean forward to look at a display of white 3D building models on wooden stands. To the left of the models is a vertically tilted wooden model of a town mounted on a wooden frame. At the top is a sign saying: The Reason of Towns. The exhibition is in a large indoor space with a concrete floor and white tiled walls.
Photo of someone with floppy red hair and white skin, who is leaning back with right arm raised to write or doodle with a black marker on the ceiling of a car. From this angle, their face is hidden. The ceiling is white, the seat is blue, and their arm is wearing a long-sleeved green knit. In the left background, the car door is open. Overlaid white text says: "Writer in Residence / Open Call / Closing Date for Applications Thursday 31 July 2025"
Photo of a bog with standing water and vegetation under a cloudy sky. The photo is treated to polarise the colours into browns, neon green, and pale purple. "WRITING THE BOG" is overlaid in white lettering in the centre.
Young children playing hopscotch in a laneway, with other people and activities in the background.
A one-room structure made of timber and corrugated metal, with a single-slope roof, big windows, and the entire front wall made of wooden panels that can open up. The wood is painted bright yellow.